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Dec 25, 2015Planet Earth From Above 2015

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An aerial view shows smoke and lava spewing from the Villarrica volcano south of Santiago /REUTERS

Salt pans and small dams can be seen in drought-effected farming areas located on the outskirts of the Western Australian capital city of Perth /REUTERS

Reservoir can be seen in this aerial view taken in the drought-affected western region of New South Wales /REUTERS

A tractor collects golf balls on a driving range in the Palm Springs area /REUTERS

Aerial view of flower fields near the Keukenhof park, also known as the Garden of Europe in Lisse /REUTERS

A narrow slot canyon is seen from the air at Lake Powell near Page, Arizona, May 26, 2015. Lake Powell on the Colorado River provides water for Nevada, Arizona and California. A severe drought in recent years, combined with withdrawals that many believe are not sustainable, has reduced its levels to only about 42 percent of its capacity. /REUTERS

Vehicles are seen stuck in a traffic jam near a toll station as people return home at the end of a week-long national day holiday, in Beijing /REUTERS

An aerial view shows rice plants in the shape of the map of China in a paddy field in Zhonghong village, on the outskirts of Shanghai, China /REUTERS

An aerial view shows new Audi cars in an open-air parking lot in Changchun /REUTERS

Teachers and students exercise on the playground located on the roof of a kindergarten building, in Xi'an /REUTERS

An aerial view of Sargassum algae in Cancun, August 13, 2015. The Sargassum algae contains biting sand fleas and releases a pungent smell as it decomposes. It has choked beaches in resorts throughout the Caribbean including Cancun this season, prompting local authorities to launch a large-scale clean-up operation. /REUTERS

The Amazon rain forest (R), bordered by deforested land prepared for the planting of soybeans, is pictured in this aerial photo taken over Mato Grosso state in western Brazil /REUTERS

A aerial view shows a damaged mosque and surrounding buildings in the Al-Maysar neighbourhood of Aleppo /REUTERS

Camden Yards ballpark is seen without fans an Orioles player races towards home plate during the team's baseball game against the White Sox in Baltimore, Maryland /REUTERS

An aerial view of houses damaged by Saturday's earthquake is seen in Nuwakot /REUTERS

A group of 1000 customers receive a facial massage at a sports centre in Jinan /REUTERS

An aerial view shows people relaxing on a floating platform at Silbersee lake on a hot summer day in Haltern /REUTERS

An aerial view shows people traveling along a road inside the Danxia National Geological Park, in Zhangye /REUTERS

An aerial view shows boats being anchored in a bay as Typhoon Chan-Hom approaches Taizhou /REUTERS

An aerial picture of the site of explosions at the Binhai new district, Tianjin /REUTERS

Tibetan prayer flags flutter above the Larung valley and its Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute, located some 3700 to 4000 metres above the sea level in remote Sertar county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China /REUTERS

Cows are seen in this aerial view on a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest near Rio Pardo, in the district of Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 3, 2015. The town of Rio Pardo, a settlement of about 4,000 people in the Amazon rainforest, rises where only jungle stood less than a quarter of a century ago. Loggers first cleared the forest followed by ranchers and farmers, then small merchants and prospectors. Brazil's government has stated a goal of eliminating illegal deforestation, but enforcing the law in remote corners like Rio Pardo is far from easy. /REUTERS

A boat is seen on the mouth of Rio Doce (Doce River), which was flooded with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, as the river joins the sea on the coast of Espirito Santo in Regencia Village /REUTERS

An aerial view shows cars passing below a pedestrian overpass in the shape of a circle in Guiyang /REUTERS

A woman swims in a partially frozen lake at a park in Shenyang /REUTERS

Flood-affected people gesture to an Indian coast guard helicopter for relief materials in Chennai /REUTERS

Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, is seen in a general view of Dubai /REUTERS
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